Bouquet-holder



(No Model.)

J. M LUCAS. BOUQUET HOLDER. No. 475,220. Patented May 17, 1892.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN M. LUCAS, OF OADIZ, OHIO.

BOUQUET-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 475,220, dated May 17,1892.

Application filed August 6, 1891. Serial No. 401,846. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN M. LUCAS, a citizen of the United States,residing at Cadiz, in the county of Harrison and State of Ohio, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Bouquet-Holders; and Ido hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to bouquet-holders and is equally well adapted toreceive a pen or pencil or similar article.

The purpose of the invention is the provision of an article which willbe efficient, orna-v mental,.and cheap, and which can be readilyattached to or removed from the garment or coat of the wearer.

The improvement consists of the novel features and the peculiarconstruction and combination of the parts, which will be hereinaftermore fully described and claimed and which are shown in the annexeddrawings, in which Figure 1 is a front View, Fig. 2 a rear view, andFig. 3 a side view, of the invention. Fig. 4 is a plan view of the blankprior to the attachment of the loop and the pin. Fig. 5 is a plan Viewof the loop-blank.

The holder comprises the two spring mombers A and B, which are connectedat their lower ends and are adapted to spring apart at their upper orfree ends. The free ends of the members A and B are expanded, the memberA having the opening a and the memberB having the loop I), which isadapted to be projected through the opening a and receive the stem ofthe bouquet or the pen, pencil, or other article to be retained inplace. The intermediate portion between the ends of the blank from whichthe device is fastened is constructed to give a graceful and lightappearance to the holder and render the members sufficiently flexible.The member B is provided with lateral ears cl, which when properly bentform catches for the free ends of the double pin O, and with the wing e,which is bent around the closed end of the double pin and retains thesame in position. The blank I), which forms the loop, is provided at itsends with projections g, which pass through openings f in the member Band are clinched on the side opposite to that from which they entered tohold the said loop in place.

The parts A and B are integrally formed, being stamped from sheet metalsubstantially in the form shown in Fig. 4. The loop-blank b is alsostamped from sheet metal and is secured to the blank A B in the mannerhereinbefore stated. The members A and B are folded and comeapproximately parallel, as shown in Fig. 3. The stem of the bouquet orother article to be held in place is thrust through the loop 1) and isheld between the said loop and the face of the member A by the tendencyof the'two members to spring apart.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is

. 1. A bouquet-holder composed of the approximately parallel members Aand B, constructed to spring apart at their free ends, the member 13having a loop I) and a catchpin and the member A having opening a to forthe purpose described.

2. A bouquet-holder consisting of blank A B, having its ends widened andthe intermediate portion contracted and having an opening in one of thewidened ends, the blank being doubled on itself to form twoapproximately parallel members which spring apart at their free ends, aloop attached to one member to extend through the said opening in theother member, and a catch-pin to secure the device to the clothing,substantially as described.

3. A bouquet-holder composed of a blank having widened ends and anintermediate contracted portion and having opening a in one of thewidened ends, ears turned down upon the contracted portion, wing 6,extended from the other widened end and'having slits ff formed therein,the loop b, having projections '9, which project through the slits y tobe clinched, and the double pin O, held by the wing e and adapted tohave its free ends spring under the catches formed by the ears d d,substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN M. LUCAS.

WVitnesses:

JOHN F. KENNEDY, JOSIAH P. LUCAS.

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